"fox and friends" it is tax time. we have the top secrets to help avoid an audit. some items are cheaper if you buy them in march. and we have hedge hogs in the studio. >> i'm so jealous. >> have a great weekend everybody. >> good morning. fox news alert. it is being called a russian invasion. russian marines have surrounded a key military airport why quote unknown armed men are patrolling an airport nearby. there is a lot to talk about. i am bill hemmer live here in "america's newsroom." >> and i am martha maccallum. so the chaos in ukraine could be about to explode. russia is flexing their military muscles conducting drills up and down and now the ousted president is in the middle of

giving his first news conference. yanukovych is speaking to the press now. >> amy kellog is monitoring of the this. >> reporter: a top official says the two airports that were taken over by some sort of russian troops are back under ukraine's control. it isn't clear who the gunman were that took over the airports. both of these cities were in ukraine. they are pro-russian forces but whether or not they are part of the russian military -- russia does have a port where they keep

their black sea fleet so there is always a number of troops on the ground. russia isn't confirming what went on but they would not be likely to. there are still checkpoints being held. no shots have been fired, no one hurt, but dramatic scenes as two airports, and one is a sem eyi autominous county. >> what is yanukovych saying about the circumstances regarding kiev and putin and mosco? >> reporter: it is surreal he is in this town. he said he visited a friend and

that is why he is in certain russia now. he believes he is still the president of ukraine and wasn't overthrown which means he is not safe. but that is the same thing basically. he plans to fight the future and he is blaming the west for everything saying he was misled from the european prime minis r minister. he whasn't talked to putin but did swing at him for his quote silence. >> thank you, amy. marta has more. you have putin on one side of this and the united states who is voicing support for the new ukraine president on the

other side. is this a new cold war? we will discuss that. and lindsay graham and john mccain unloading on the senate about urging a new round of testimony in the benjamin case from mike moral and david putrays. watch this. >> the american people were misled. >> the story told by susan rice and the president collapsed. it isn't credible. it is fabrication. >> it was all about a presidential campaign and the narrative that laden is dead. the american people were badly misled. >> the house intelligence

committee is going to recall mi mike michael morell. rich lowry is here, editor of the national review and a fox news contributer. john mccain and graham want to keep this alive. there are new revelations with michael morell. >> i commend them for staying on this because the press wants it to go around. there has been eye-rolling in the mainstream media that has o interest on this. michael morell is the focus now because he crafted the talking

points about what misled the country and whether he has been upfront about his role and how the process worked. >> there were the redacted part and a memo with 10-15 talking points. some were crossed out. some are messages of al qaeda. they will go on the sunday morning show, talk about benjam benghazi. when michael morell met with the senators he said to them, the fbi clamped us up on these. they called the fbi and they said we didn't do that. and they were furious. >> senator graham says the fbi was furious about that allegation and the suggestion the fbi was unwilling to share information gained from interviews immediately after the

attack in germany with survivors. michael more michael morell has represented he didn't cord natuinate. the isn't a saliant issues, but we need to get to the bottom. >> if hilary clinton is nominated this is going to get analyzed and analyze. and michael morell is working with ner now? >> he is at a consulting firm she is partner in. much of the country is

getting hit with a round of frigid blast. temperatures in some spots are 30-50 below average. and we have another storm system around the corner. steve is outside of south philly where it is a balmy 40. >> we are way below zero when you talk about wind chills. what a weirdo winter this has been. record-cold here in philly and along the east coast and record warmth in alaska. we are across from philadelphia city hall where they are building an ice rink outside and they would have no problem skating today. look at the flags and everybody is bundled up once they get off the bus heat. the flags have to be tied down.

this is a real kick to the face with the 13th snow storm punching new york and philly in the gut. they are going to get a foot more of snow in anchorage, alaska. they were 40 degrees and they are worried about not having enough snow pack for the dog sled race. they could have held it up and down my driveway where that is covered from the last storms. >> you have set so many records in philadelphia. >> reporter: the first time ever we had 20 inches of snow or more. march is going to start out adding so it could be three months in a row especially if the storm is big on monday.

>> good luck with that. a kick in the face is a very good way to phrase it. steve, thanks. tomorrow is march 1st? right? in forth grade they said march comes out like a lion and it is roaring in. >> march is my cut off. give me a lamb. attorney general eric holder is recovering after experiencing fai faintness and shortness of breath. he was taken to a washington, d.c. hospital and was released later in the afternoon. the 63-year-old has been in office for just over five years and says he is nowhere here to step down >> wish him the best with his health. on alert for dangerous mud slides that can wipe out neighborhoods. thousands of families in

southern california are heading for higher zone. we are there live next. >> and now on your restaurant bill is the obamacare surcharge. the restaurant change that is adding the cost of the health care law on your tab >> and buyers remorse and why democrats trying rerun are having problems because of obamacare. they are saying democrats are bleeding in support. >> it is like throwing darts at a board. if it hits you and your family it is going to hurt you.

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>> here is what is happening: it is hitting democrats and independents so it is like throwing darts at a board. people are not upset about policy, but if it hits you and

your family it is going to hurt you. that is why the bleeding is happening. >> charles krauthammer last evening making the chase chickens are coming to roost on obamacare and the remorse is setting in even from democrats. we have the host of power play here. is charles krauthammer on the something? >> he is almost always on to something. but if we are a policy used to winning spin wars, they delayed the law so the president could get reelected, so all that matsers the spin and contour. but now people have experience and it doesn't matter what you

think if your health insurance is screwed up or you cannot go see your doctor or your premiums go up, you don't like the law. >> i was trying to find numbers on democrats and i didn't find the hard numbers on democrats but did independents. 40% are disappointed and that is up 13% in two years. that makes the case. >> we see a shift for the independents for republicans in that space and we see we have seen in polls a disillusion dratic party and they find out what goes on not acceptable. independents break the other guy and this sets up for way of election.

republicans are better off now than 2010. >> here is joe biden. this is a sound biyte with a lo to discuss. >> i am so tired of hearing about the demise of the democratic party. that we are underwater. and we have going to have trouble keeping up. give me a break. there is no republican party. >> what he argues is politics runs in cycles and you have to go on offense because if you are playing defense you will lose >> they have to have an answer about obamacare. their belief they can exist in a spin cycle and win the message by talking about the war on women or chris christy's bridge. the vice president said it is time to stop apologizing about

anything. the democrats have nothing to apologize for. when you see kay hagan stutter and stall when asked question about the law and the people loosing their policies and can't see their doctors they don't have answers. so at some point, they will have to have answers for how you fix what is wrong. the agreement is there is a lot wrong with the law and democrats need to say we tried, we are sorry and here is how we fix it. >> you will hear that in november from the candidates. the president is going to washington today. what does he say? what is his role during this mid-term election season? >> his team previewed it for politico and they say the president is going to tout the grassroots organization, fire up the base, go on attack with the

income inquality and attack republicans and fire up the base. but if you are talking about a state like arkansas, not much organizing for action the president can do in that state. so it is more about pumping himself up. but not going to help the embattled democrats. >> it is going to be an interesting 35 weeks, man. >> i knew you would know how long. >> sign up for chris' daily newsletter. thank you. >> one family's amazing discovery could mean a big pot of gold for uncle sam. the bite the government gets

from the gold mine >> and folks in the western part of the country are getting set for downpours day after day and fears, yet again, of mud slides in the neighborhood. listen: >> i thought the fire was scare, but this is more scary. they told us to cover this with barricades and sand bags. &%c1

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a family's amazing find of $10 million in rare coins may have to pay half of that in taxes. whether they sell the cold, 50% to washington.

the treasure find is a taxable event under a 45-year court ruling. they plan to sell most of the coins on amazon. >> to me, if you win the lottery, you are making the choice of buying the ticket. you are walking around the backyard and if this is as presented and they tripped over it and found it, i say they should be able to keep that. >> folks in california are getting ready for much-needed rain but they are worried about the impending mud slides after the wild fires left the area bear. >> we have dogs and a mom with

alzheimer's and it is too many issues to go to a hotel room. >> adam housely is live. what is going on there? >> reporter: the calm before the storm. we had a storm this week and a lull right now. ma ma ma malibu is starting to get hit. homes put up jay-rails and sandbags. as you turn the corner from rose to englewood you can see this is where the issue is. this hill' side is barren and it is very dry because the fire took up everything. so mud and water comes straight down the hillside. >> we are prepared to sit back

and see what happens and go from there. >> i thought the fires were the scariest one. but this is more scary. they told us to cover this with barricades and sand bags. >> reporter: again, a thousand homes have been evacuated. a lot of people are in the neighborhood still. he we are expecting 4-6 inches in this area. major problems along the coast in malibu where the pacific coast highway is shutdown. >> they needed the rain so badly, but this isn't what they were hoping for. how is this effecting the rest of the west?

>> reporter: we are 15% all low normal and we need 4-5 more storms bringing six inches of rain at a time but it is all coming at one times so hillsides and dry areas come into play now. it is very difficult to cross the west. we will keep you updated. >> three more days of that in the forecast. you finish your meal, check your bill and you owe extra money because of obamacare. >> some people are unhappy with the fact they see this as a political statement but we have not trying to do that. most people are indifferent. >> the restaurant chain that is charging more will other businesses follow suit? we will examine that next. >> and bill o'reilly going t

too -- toe to toe on how to address teens in gangs. >> you will have to get people like jay-z and other rappers to knock it off. that is number one.

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development new from the fallout of obamacare. a restaurant in florida is flapping a one cent surcharge to offset the cost of obamacare. not a lot of restaurants are participating but the ones are giving advanced warning. >> we have the signs presented at the front door and present the notice we are doing this. this isn't a political statement. it is about keeping full-time employe employees. >> steve barny is here -- stuart -- how are you? >> good, bill >> what is the restaurant doing? >> they are being honest and clear. they have these signs up saying this is why you are paying a sure -- surcharge -- it is

because of obamacare. they have signs up all over one percent surcharge due to the cost of obamacare. it is open, honest, and upfront on why are paying more. >> a lot of people don't mind here. you wonder if this spreads to other restaurants and changes. does it hit the dry cleaners? gas stations? where does it stop? >> we have a restaurant in california doing something similar. but the question is if you extend this beyond restaurant maybe it is okay in a restaurant where you are used to tipping and taxes. but if you went to the dry cleaners or the pet groomers, for example, or the hair dresser, would you be so keen on paying a surcharge for obamacare? if all of the operations did it,

wouldn't that make obamacare less poplar? >> lakeland is the swing portion of florida so we will see if that spreads. thank you, stuart, see you at 11 a.m. eastern time. i submit you will have to get people like jay-z or kayne west to knock it off. >> they need positive role models come you said. >> listen to me. you have to get where they live. they idolize these guys with the hats on backward and the terrible rap lyrics and the drugs. you have to get these guys. and i think president obama can do it. they have to say knock it off. this is wrong.

then you have to get the president and the first lady and magic johnson and make it uncomfortable to sell drugs and have a baby out of wedlock. >> really interesting with the white house senior and bill o'reilly. the president issued a program called brothers keeper that is aimed to protect black citizens. juan gonzalez is here. what do you think, juan? >> there is a failed culture where the black men are

imiitating the rappers. >> you agree with what bill is saying? >> strongly. but i would say you have to realize it is mostly young white people who the are the biggest market for rap music. i say i agree with bill to again jay-z and everybody. i think what you have to appreciate and this was the white house's point with brother keepers, you have bad schools and locked up parents and then you have the bad schools that compound the problem and then you have kids that get involved with the criminal justice system and who is going to hire the kids? >> bill's point and your point as well is you have to go back to the beginning and that is the

family. you have to get people like jay-z to come out and say don't get your girlfriend pregnant and if you do you be a bad. and mary catherine, the president has spoken out about this. but bill o'reilly is saying you have to go further because only you have the opportunity to talk at this level. >> i think he is the perfect spokesperson to go forward. one of the great benefits of his presidency is he is an incredible role model for black men. jay-z is married to a woman and raising his daughter. so i don't know if he is the target. >> jay-z has to stand by the president and say i stand by family, the president does, too and you get off the street.

>> this bill is disincentivising this is bad. this program, as far as government programs go, with private funders, is the best kind of government initiative as far as i am concerned. on that part, i agree with the president >> this goes to what we're talking about which is the president's uniques position to make a different. let's play sound from yesterday's ceremony. >> when i was their age i was a lot like them. i didn't have a dad. i made bad choices and got high without thinking about the harm it could do. i didn't take school as seriously as i should have.

i made s. sometimes i sold myself short. >> what did you think of that moment, juan? >> i thought it was emotional, raw and honest. this man is a role model. he is such a hero in the black community and he has an opportunity here to show what is means to have achievement to the academic realm, and political republic realm and you can make something of yourself. he is saying i started without a dad and i did it. as someone who grew up without a dad, i did it. and that message hasn't come from people you would identify as civil rights leaders. you don't hear that from the jesse jackson and the al sharpton's. let's have a positive situation.

we are saying stand up and look at the history of overcoming. don't buy the non-sense from the rappers with the n-word and the athletes with all of the tattoos. look to the reality of what we have accomplished. >> it would be great as it would be a shame to miss this opportunity the president has to go further. >> you can talk about a role model and economic self-sufficiency but if your policies, which i think are the case, are undermining those things in the black community and minority and a lot of communities frankly because the economy isn't working well, you are working at cross purposes. they can talk all they want but does the politics help? >> the programs that enable and

encourage not to marry in some situations. >> i don't know there are programs that encourage people not to marry but there is not a statement that says married couples do better in life. >> thank you so much, you guys. i hope we have more time to continue this. thank you john and mary catherine. >> the tea party is turning five years old. will it see the age of ten? the mainstream media says it is history. what does the founder think? michelle bachmann is live next.

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the tea party is turning five years young. it changed the balance of power in washington. but will the movement see its 10th birthday? many say it is history but what does michella bachman think about that? >> good morning, bill. good to be with you. >> where is the tea party today? >> it is alive and well and kicking. you see it reflected in the polls especially the one that showed 6-10 americans are disaffected with obamacare and 55% according to your own poll wish it was never passed. the tea party rose up because the american people were sick of the out of control spending. they believe we are taxed enough and should fall though constitution. >> are you arguing that you are

as strong, getting stronger, or as strong? >> we are as strong as 2010 when we took the gavel out of nancy pelo pelosi's hands and i believe we can do the again. the american people don't want out of control spending. >> but the tea party has tried to knock off more established candidates on the republican party side and you have failed. what does that say? >> as a movement, i think that is an individual district. because what our message this year needs to be about unifying. if we find a candidate we agree with 80% of the time we get

along with. the political left understands we have to win election. we did it in the house, i believe we can do it in the senate and that will set us up for the president in 2016 and then we can really clean house. >> who is your point person? >> the beauty of this movement is this is a free market movement where we have all sorts of organizations coming together. but we agree on the fundamental. this not one spokesperson or leader. this is a movement based on ideas. >> what do you think of those who believe to maintain the cohesiveness of the party you need a leader.

you need someone on stage saying that is our guy or women. >> that is one possibility. if you have a centralized organizational structure you can get more done. the tea party is a grassroots movement that takes the temperature of the people and acts accordingly. we saw phenomenal results in 2010 which is why the mainstream media wants to write the obitrary for the tea party. that is why harry reid has a lot to fear from the tea party. >> what do you think the role will be for the tea party? >> volunteering, raising money and messaging that we cannot afford the out of control spending and turning a blind eye toward following the rule of law

in the united states. that is a very powerful message. >> we will see if the cohesiveness maintains. so you are saying rumors of the death are not true? >> i plan to be here for long time >> enjoy minnesota. what do you think about the future of tea party? has the demise been exaggerated? we will share your thoughts so send us your tweet. >> punished for being pate riotic? a school decision saying you cannot wear t-shirts that look like this because they could be dangerous on certain days >> and what researchers discovered hidden beneath one of

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students they were not allowed to wear american flag t-shirts on cinco de mayo, a day that celebrates mexican heritage. explain this decision, william. >> the double standard is what is bothering some. the students wearing mexican flags were able to wear theirs but the other students were not. every school celebrates this on may 5th. this school is near san jose, an equally split white and hispa c hispanic. it ordered them to cover up the flags or go home calling them disrespectful sighting the history of trouble. the schools safety concerns outweigh the student's first

amendment right. the judge said quote our role isn't to second-guess the celebration or the procedures put in place to protect. past events made the threat real. >> the incident was a student safety concern. the administrators intervened appropriately. >> the idea that an american flag could be banned on a public school is crazy and violates the constitution. >> it will be interesting to see what happens on his may 5th. >> what happens next in this disagreement? >> as you might predict, parents of the student involved are disappointed with the ruling and

they will ask an 11 judge panel of the 9th circuit to look at this again. then they say they will appeal to the supreme court, but most legal analyst say this opinion will be upheld given the precedence they are aware of. >> another warning from the u.s. to russia to stay out of ukraine. crane is asking the un for help now in what is described as a military invasion. is the cold war back on? we will check at out. >> and keeping an eye on the west coast where heavy rain is keeping people on edge. how much rain will they get when when come back. when come back. iprise asked people a simple question:

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of the country have been seized by gunmen, the question has been raised are we seeing the early stages of a new cold war? welcome, everybody, to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm martha maccallum. bill: and i'm bill hemmer. the relationship between the united states and russia going through one of the arguably roughest patches we have seen since the fall of the soviet union. tensions rising in ukraine's crimea region to, ukraine calling it a military invasion. the ousted president just an hour ago speaking from inside russia. listen. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: russia has the right to act. i think that russia has to and must act, and knowing the

character of mr. putin, i'm surprised at the fact that he is still so reserveed and keeping silent. martha: just moments ago. joined now by bret baier, anchor of "special report." bret, welcome, good morning to you. >> morning, martha. martha: yanukovych, nobody knew where he was. he has surfaced and held this press conference. he says he's surprised at the silence of vad anywhere putin on this so far. what do you think about these developments? >> yeah, it was really interesting seeing the write-ups and the whole thing about the press conference. you know, he escaped to russia, yanukovych, with the help of the russians. in fact, he's a naughtive speaker of russian -- native speaker of russian. he spoke in this press conference in russian. and, you know, when he spoke in kiev, he spoke ukrainian. but in this press conference, he spoke russian. martha: interesting. >> that was interesting. he said he did not get there

because of russian soldiers, he said he got there with the help of some people. he said he's going to continue to fight for ukraine, and he said any military action during this time is unacceptable. this as you talked about at the top of the show you have two airports now that have come under the control of armed men who russia denies are russian soldiers. however, you get anecdotal reports on the ground that they're very well trained, professional troops that are speaking russian and putting up russian flags on these buildings. and you wonder whether we are seeing the beginning of russian military or paramilitary action in the crimea region of ukraine. martha: yeah. politically you look back at the beginning of this administration, and hillary clinton's vow to reset the relationship with russia. and you see what's happening here in the ukraine, and it is

anything but a reset. >> yeah. and this is a really difficult spot for the u.s. you remember we talked about yesterday about secretary kerry and his warnings to russia, and then we heard from defense secretary hagel in brussels and his warnings to russia for wise guidance at this time. it does not appear that those warnings are being heeded, and what now? is it time that the president of the united states gets involved and says something, or would that escalate things further? i think this is an interesting spot. obviously, the u.s. is not interested in ramping this up with russia, but russia's doing that on its own. martha: yeah. and if other ways as well. -- in other ways as well. there's this russian intel ship that is parked in havana right now, and nobody seems to be, you know, making any excuses for it at the very least. they're saying nothing.

there's a look at it. >> yeah. it's pretty, pretty interesting that the sense that vladimir putin is emboldened. there's not -- on the world stage if you ask any world leader, the center of gravity seems to be in moscow. i mean, a lot of people are saying that. not just the winter olympics and the world spotlight there, it's also the center of power because he is stirring things up around the world, and he's clearly internationally making waves. martha: yeah. it's stunning to watch these developments. and as you say, the president is in a somewhat precarious position in terms of how to respond to all of this. we will see. bret, thank you very much. we'll see you tonight. >> okay, martha. see ya. bill: baby, it's cold outside. weather alert now. frigid air and harsh wind once again. shivers across the country.

the temperatures in many states falling 30-50 degrees below average, and the weekend's winter storms setting up to break the record for snowfall in at least one state, if not measure that. maria mow leap that's -- molina's never seen a winter like this. she's never been so wise city either. what are we looking at? >> well, we could potentially be setting a record right here in new york city if we happen to see more than 6 inches, we would be the number two snowiest season. incredible stuff here with this winter season that continues to produce very cold air. take a look at current wind chills across portions of the midwest and even into the northeast. you're looking at them below zero. from rapid city to minneapolis, chicago, and also into cleveland. and there is another surge of arctic air that's moving south ward, so if you think it's going to get better soon, i have bad news, we expect it worse for some of you. over in bismarck saturday your highs are going to remain below

zero. not below freezing, below zero, and that's well below the average. they're supposed to be in the 30s typically. minneapolis, you're going to be in the single ding psychiatries saturday and -- digits saturday and sunday. now, we have a storm system out west that's producing areas of very heavy rain across california, several feet of mountain snow, flash flooding, mudslides are a big concern through this weekend. and besides those concerns, today there's also a slight risk for severe weather where some isolated tornadoes and damaging winds are possible in southern california. so that storm system is going to head east, and some of the energy from that system is going to help enhance another system out here that could potentially produce as much as 6-12 inch obviously snow from the northeast into parts of hid west and ice -- midwest and ice accumulation another big concern as well, bill. bill: can't wait til march which is tomorrow. >> yeah. maybe late march will bring better news. bill: maria, we pulled this image off of in noaa, the web

site. this is a satellite image of the great lakes that maria was just talking about. look at this? i mean, everything's frozen. this is lake superior up here, here's lake huron, lake michigan on the left and lake erie and the zoom function is lake ontario. it has been about 18 or 20 years suns we've seen an image like this, but this just looks cold. it looks like the arctic. it looks like the north pole. you want to go there? we were just talking to michele bachmann who's going to minnesota later today. she says it's 11 below. martha: it does, it looks exactly like the way you would picture the north pole. lake effect snow. bill: correct. i was looking at international falls, minnesota, they've been below zero for 50 days. martha: what do you think they've been doing? bill: in this season alone. martha: do you think we're going to have a baby boom newspaper months from now up there? bill: likely.

martha: very likely. we'll see. so authorities have just released the 911 tapes that were recorded during the george washington bridge lain closures, the recordings of emergency workers and commuters stuck in traffic going to the heart of the scandal plaguing new jersey governor chris christie. eric shawn has a warm hat on today, he's in fort lee, new jersey. hello there, eric, what have we learned? >> reporter: yeah, hello, martha. you know those drivers had a lot of anger, confusion and frustration. now we're getting the 911 calls that shows the results of some of the traffic jam at that time here in fort lee, new jersey. it does not appear of to have caused any deaths or any really serious injuries or serious incidents of any sort. the 911 calls are basically routine. there's a car accident, a truck accidentally drops mattresses on the george washington bridge lanes, the calls for medical assistance. and the operators ask the emergency responders forealing c that they say is, quote, totally

gridlocked. governor chris christie has said he had nothing to do with this alleged plot for political payback against the democratic mayor of fort lee by some members of his administration. but the 911 calls do show the peg impact of the lanes -- negative impact of lanes being closed. >> traffic is a nightmare. i come up through palisades park. >> reporter: one 91-year-old woman did suffer a fatal heart attack in her home, but her family has said that they believe the lane closures had nothing at all to do with that, martha. martha: interesting stuff coming the light here. so there's some more e-mails that are on the radar too as well, right, eric? >> reporter: yeah. those texts, the origin toal texts were from fired deputy chief of staff bridget ann kelly to david wildstein, the port authority official, who the governor had known since they were teenagers. the original e-mail saying it was time for some traffic problems in fort lee. well, in keeping with the

mocking, joking tone of those he mails, there are now new texts that show them talking and joking about the port authority chaplain when he appeared in a photograph with house speaker john boehner. kelly writes, quote: we cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we? wildstein replies: flights to tel aviv mysteriously delayed. the executive director of the whole agency that runs the bridge between new york and new jersey as well as the airports, he writes: are we being fired? there is no response to that. as for governor christie, he has said he doesn't want to talk about the bridge scandal anymore. martha, back to you. martha: says he's moving on. we'll see if he's successful. eric, thank you very much. bill: fox news alert now on the american economy, revised economic numbers showing the recovery is even more sluggish than we thought. commerce department reporting the economy grew at 2.4% in the fourth be quarter of last year,

down from the previous estimate of 3.2%. the lower number reflects slower consumer spending than initially estimated and, martha, as you said earlier today, that's a big adjustment. martha: huge adjustment, you see a couple of tenths of a percent, but not like that. and new outrage today after harry reid accused americans of lying about their experiences with obamacare. >> there's plenty of horror stories being told, all of them are untrue, but they're being told all over america. martha: all of them are untrue. all of them are untrue. betty tatter is here -- betsy tatter is here to dispute that notion. she lost her insurance under obamacare. she says the system is in a shambles, and she's going to give her thoughts on harry reid's statement. bill: also stunning new warnings that al-qaeda's making a big comeback. we'll talk to a four-star general who says this threat is only going to get worst. martha: and, you know, they say

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bill: so the elderly and young childrn and pregnant women told to get out of a town in australia where a fire at a coal mine has been burning for three weeks sending smoke and ash into the air, causing a lot of concern. >> look around at the people in the street. look at what's actually going on. >> it's toxic. it's spewing out toxic ash which is, you know, it's in the house, it's everywhere. you can't get rid of it. bill: health officials saying they have not seen serious health effects from that smoke yet, but they're urging people to leaf as a precaution. -- leave as a precaution.

martha: so there's some new outrage today after senate majority leader harry reid claims that all of the bad stories that americans have told about their experiences with obamacare are simply false. >> there's plenty of horror stories being told, all of them are untrue, but they're being told all over america. stories made up from whole cloth, lies distorted by the republicans to grab headlines or make political advertisements. martha: incredible, right? i mean, who doesn't know somebody who has had a bad situation here? more than 6.2 million americans have had their insurance policies canceled. they got a letter in the mail saying, sorry, you're out of luck, you're going to have to find something new. betsy tatter lost her health insurance plan due to obamacare. betsy, good morning to you. >> good morning, martha. martha: good morning. i wonder how you feel when you hear what harry reid had to say there. >> well, i guess the best place

to start would be to say where i agree with him. i agree that there are lies being told about obamacare, and they're being told all over america. i agree that he knows who liars are, because i know who the liars are. and i think the difference is that i can sleep at night, and and i'm not sure that i know how he can. martha: who are the liars, betsy? >> well, mr. reid and mr. obama. [laughter] you know, the lie went all the way back to, you know, you can keep your health plan if you like it. and i believed that. and i was deceived. martha: what happened to you? remind everybody what your story is, betsy. >> well, i had an 80/20 plan, i had a $5,000 deductible health insurance plan. neither my husband, nor i have employer-sponsored health insurance. we purchase our own, always have. we were happy with our plan. i got a letter in september

saying that my plan had been canceled and that i would need to find new insurance. i started looking, and i went to the obamacare web site and found nothing that was affordable to me. you know, i don't -- i'm one of those people that i don't qualify for a subsidy. i make a little too much money to get a subsidy, so i'm expected to pay full price for a plan. and i can't afford that. i was paying about $457 a month for three people on our plan, and the premiums were going to go up to $800 all the way up to $1400, those were my choices. and i can't afford that. martha: why do you think -- >> so we were stuck. martha: why do you think harry reid went out and said that? >> i don't know. he's completely out of touch. has he talked to anybody? where's he getting his information? i just, i don't know. i don't know where that's coming from. martha: yeah. you know, i feel like i don't know anybody who doesn't know somebody who's either been pushed off of their plan or who

doesn't have their doctor anymore or who isn't paying a higher premium. i mean, i think the stories on the other side are the ones that are so much harder to find. you know, what is your sense of sort of the feeling where you live about -- because, you know, one of the reasons that many people think harry reid is saying this is because democrats are very concerned about what might happen to them in the next election cycle. >> well, they should be concerned. they should be concerned, and i think they should be worried. i would hope that more of the stories of the truth will be told so that people will be more informed. i kind of have a feeling that because many people are covered by their employers that they're not real worried about it yet. and so i'm hoping more of these individual stories will get out there so that people will know, you know, you may be thrown off your employer plan, and then what are you going to do? martha: a lot of people think that's going to happen. >> they should be worried. martha: betsy, thank you very

much. we wish you well, and we were glad to put your story out there because you're a real person, and you're a real story. >> thank you. yes, i am. martha: we checked it out, and you're not lying. so betsy, thank you very much. bill: it was a scandal that rocked washington triggering resignations and a criminal investigation. >> it certainly gives one pause to think that there is interagency collusion against private citizens. it is the weaponization of government. bill: so then how come the irs targeting of the tea party groups as -- has mostly faded from the media's radar? martha: and a terrifying deck collapse. look at that. good grief. we're going to tell you what happened. and what may be possess to prevent -- this is unbelievable. we'll be right back with more.

martha: all right, breaking news just crossing the wires moments ago that carrie kennedy has been acquitted in a case of drugged driving. she was found slumped over the wheel back in 2012 after she hit a tractor-trailer. she was accused of driving while under the influence of drugs. she said she had taken a sleeping pill in error that she thought was her thyroid medicationment she is the ex-wife of the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. she has now been acquitted of drugged driving. that just in. ♪ ♪ bill: investigations of the the irs delaying and denying tax-exempt status for conservative groups apparently far from over, but the story has largely faded from the media landscape. despite prompting two top irs officials to leave their jobs. mike emanuel's live on that in washington. good morning to you. what's the latest with how this

targeting of conservative groups got started, mike? >> reporter: well, bill, the congressional investigations are trying to get to the bottom of it, but looking back, there's a timeline of comments and actions. in march 2010 president obama criticized conservative 501c4 organizations engaging in politics. in october 2010 senator dick durbin asked the irs to investigate crossroads gps and other groups. in february 2012 seven democratic senators wrote to the irs asking for an investigation of conservative 501c4s. a key republican congressman says the public pressure from high profile democrats including in a state of the union address led the tax collection agency to step up its scrutiny. >> when you have other senior senators, other members of the house of representatives asking the irs to look into this even more and to work on this issue, it sure looks like it was a reaction from what. in fact, we even had one of the

people we -- even former commissioner of the irs miller said we felt some pressure. >> reporter: republicans like jordan say it isn't over with senate democrats wanting the irs now to play a more aggressive role in regulating outside groups. bill: what are democrats saying at this stage, mike? >> reporter: some are saying it's over. some say republicans have always wanted to cut the irs down to the nothing x they see this as their opportunity, and yet other democrats say this has a lot to do with an election later this year. >> picking on the irs, hardly a popular institution or agency. i also believe the republicans came out of their retreat with some polling data that said continued attacks on the irs is what they need to sort of gin up their base. and clearly, that's what they've decided to do by way of strategy. >> reporter: other dem ts are -- creme -- democrats are more cautious.

bill: mike emanuel watching that from washington. martha? martha: well, america's military families are feeling the squeeze. how looming budget cuts are affecting them in a bad way. alt to the war zone, is america's deadliest enemy making a comeback after all that blood and sweat and sacrifice by our troops? why then is this happening? ♪ ♪

martha: there are i new warnings that al-qaeda is making a comeback in afghanistan. u.s. officials are now saying that the terror group's current leader may be laying the groundwork to relaunch plots once the u.s. fully pulls out all of our troops as is expected by december 31st of this year. joined now by four of star general jack keane, he is a fox news military analyst. good to have you here, as always. >> good morning. martha: you think it would be a huge mistake to pull all of our troops out by december 31. >> oh, absolutely. a huge strategic mistake. one, it'll encourage the taliban, certainly, and it'll deflate the morale of the afghan national security forces. and then we've got the al-qaeda that are in northeastern afghanistan. there's just a couple of hundred

of them. we contained them in that area, we constantly go in with our drones to attack them. we haven't talked much about it because they're not doing much of anything. but if we pull out of there, martha, the point is then thousands will join them, and the taliban will willingly support them, and we'll be back where we were with a bona fide sanctuary again in afghanistan. make no mistake, that will be exactly what will happen. martha: you know, it's interesting to think back, general, because during the original campaign when the president was so against the war in iraq and wanted to end it, he talked so much about the fact that this was the battle that really needed to be won, that afghanistan was the front in the war on terror ask that he -- and that he would commit himself to making sure that it could not be a haven for terrorists. i haven't heard him say that in a really long time. >> yeah, that's a great point. he has not said that in a long time, and that clearly was the major reason he made the 2009 decision to escalate the war and with the so-called afghanistan surge.

martha: exactly. >> you know, the other thing, martha, is that we're conducting what -- which is in the open press -- a campaign by the cia against the al-qaeda in pakistan, and we do that from bases in eastern afghanistan. we pull out totally, that operation would be jeopardized by a u.s. pullout, to be sure. martha: yeah. and that could present a huge strategic loss for us, as you say. talk to me about president obama and karzai's relationship. big story on the front of the new york times this week about how that is over, essentially, that they're basically not talking anymore at all. we know he's a very mercurial figure, and he's not oozy to deal with -- not easy to deal with, but does it make sense to abandon that dialogue? >> i think so, and i think we should have actually done it sooner because of the way karzai acts. he -- we are going to have a successor here in a couple of months, and that is who we should be dealing with. you know, martha, i don't believe we should be negotiating with them about leaving forces

behind. we should insist on leaving forces behind for the reasons we just stated, that it's in u.s. national interests. we didn't ask the germans, the japanese, the italians or the koreans if it was okay to leave troops behind. it's in our national interests to leave troops behind after this war as it was after previous wars, and we should insist on it. martha: well, you know, everyone should keep these numbers in mind, as you pointed out. there's an estimate, 50-100, maybe a little more al-qaeda that are currently in afghanistan, and that number has been kept low by the u.s. forces there. but if we do pull out at the end of this year, you know, we'll be talking next year at this time, and we'll see what those numbers look like at that point, general. we'll see. thank you so much. >> always good talking to you. martha: you too. bill: meanwhile, lingering questions about the single deadliest incident in the war in afghanistan. 30 u.s. troops killed when their helicopter was shot down three years ago. some of the victims' relatives attending a congressional hearing on that incident

yesterday. at times it was emotional. here's congressman jason chaffetz during that. >> i thank the families for their sacrifice. the -- that's quite a saying, this is the largest loss of life, but it's happened, unfortunately, thousands of times. and, and i just hope they feel the love of this nation. bill: that hearing coming as the pentagon proposes major cuts to our nation's military. those cuts would reduce the force to about 440,000, that's the smallest since before the second world war. it could also include pay raise limits, higher health care costs and less generous housing allowances for troops and their families. pamela will loby is the wife of a navy sailor, and she's concerned because she would feel the direct effects if this goes through. pamelaing thank you for your

time today here. >> good morning, how are you? bill: i'm fine. thank you for your time. what would these reductions mean to your family? >> it would start off with our -- we live in military housing, so where would that land us if we take a cut in our housing, where would -- would we be able to continue to live this our military housing? would we still get the benefits of that? also they're speaking of health care cuts and how significant is that going to affect the health care of my kids and myself and my husband -- bill: so this is all, this is just a big unknown for you, right and. >> >> yeah. as of right now we aren't 100% prepared for cuts sup as this, and we're -- such as this, and is we're not -- we didn't expect it. [laughter] bill: how are you getting ready, pamela? what are you doing? >> we have a little bit of a cushion to fall back to kind of

take care of us for the time being, but we don't know what it's going to entail in the future. we don't know where we're going to end up or how we're going to -- to make it work. bill: your husband's currently deployed overseas, right? >> yes. bill: and you're with your children, two of them i believe, right, near jacksonville? >> yeah. i have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old. bill: have you talked to your husband about how you will manage this if the proposed cuts go through, pamela? >> we don't have a lot of communication. i speak to him very briefly. just budgeting, as of right now, budgeting. we just have to budget everything, and everybody else has to budget too. but we're talking about some pretty significant cuts for ourselves. bill: what do you think about others who argue, listen, we've got to cut back just about everywhere, and everybody has to have this shared sacrifice, what do you think of that argument? >> it's fair to say that everybody's going to have to

make sacrifices and everybody's going to -- harm from it. but at the same time when we joined the military, we were guaranteed promises, and we were guaranteed a reward for our, my husband's work. he works hard, and he tries to make advancements, and what if he doesn't get rewarded for those advancements? what would make people continue to strive to do better if they're not going to get rewarded for their good work? bill: pamela, you think these cuts will go through? do you think they'll happen? >> i hope not. i hope that individuals get their thoughts together and realize that the military deserve what they work for. they, they work hard, everybody in the military does, and they don't -- the military hasn't done anything wrong. we don't deserve of our pay cut just because of our government's debt. bill: well, you speak very well

for your family and the rest of the u.s. navy and the military. thank you for your time. pamela willowby in jacksonville, florida, the wife of two kids and a husband who is overseas currently deployed. she's just one of thousands and thousands who are experiencing this and concerned about it. martha: well, some terrifying moments that were caught on tape, an unexpected surprise. they were posing for a family picture when that happened. bill: whoa. also, could a t-shirt with the american flag on it be dangerous? a federal court saying it just might be. what's up with that? >> the very idea that the american flag could be banned on american public school is just, i mean, that is a name. that's crazy. not only is it crazy, it violates the constitution. we asked people a question,

how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 3years or mor so maybe we need to approach things dferently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪

bill: have a look at a family getting the surprise of their lives when posing for a family photo. the deck they were standing on gives way sending 24 plunging to

the ground. seven of them were injured. happened last christmas, southern indiana, but the family just now putting out the video. they are suing the construction company and the people who maintained that deck. martha: wow. had. bill: had it been higher, it would have been a lot worse. martha: bill story, a federal appeals court ruling that a northern california high school did not violate the constitutional rights of their students when officials made them turn their american flag t-shirts inside out so you couldn't see the flag on cinco de mayo due to fears of violence in the school. the judges say that school safety trumped the students' first amendment rights. let's talk about this with two attorney, alex little is a criminal defense and litigation attorney and a former assistant u.s. attorney, and deborah blum is a family law attorney. basically, just to give a little more background on this, there had been an altercation the year

before on cinco de mayo, so there's a bit of after battle going on here between a patriotism for mexico and a patriotism for the united states. but, alex, i think that most people would say, well -- let's hear what you say first. >> you know, i think it sounds money more absurd than it is. the reality is this happened in a high school, it had to do with a very specific incident related to what had happened the years before. schools often, anybody who's ever worked in a school, been a teacher or principal, there are things that happen in schools all the time that may outside of that school look absurd. students have first amendment rights, can certainly say what they want, but here i think the school did the right thing and maybe lessened some tensions on that one day by reacting the way they did. martha: deborah, what do you think? >> i think as we're both criminal defense attorneys, and i'm sure we've both done arraignments where we've advised their clients to turn their t-shirt inside out because they were wearing a pro-drug message.

here these are students who are wearing american flag t-shirts to their school, and i think in this decision which backed up the school's right to tell the students to turn their t-shirt inside out or send them home, i think that the decision was very narrowly tailored, and it did not at all address the fact that then-american students were allowed to wear mexican flag attire or colors bearing the mexican flag. and this is a huge problem that in our own country students are not allowed to wear t-shirts that show their pride if their country. martha: yeah. i mean, there's two levels to this. there's the legal level, and then there's the school administrative level. alex, go back to the legal level here for a moment, because this may find its way all the way to the supreme court. how is it that you don't have the right to express in your own country wearing a t-shirt with the flag of your own country of the united states of america? now, i can understand that it

was, it was provocative -- they may have been trying to provoke by doing this, and i think that's what the school was saying. but still, i mean, it seems to be, you know, bad judgment to, you know, not allow them to wear them or just to cancel the whole celebration at the school across the board. >> yeah. the court never held that the school could ban the american flag or that students couldn't be allowed to wear the american flag -- martha: but that's what they're doing, many would say. >> well, no. lt it said that specific day at that specific moment. martha: how is it different if it's one day or 365 days? >> in fact, even that day there were students who were allowed to wear flags, folks that the t-shirts were deemed to be -- it wasn't as sort of in your face. that was one of reasons that they decided to go with the school, because they thought the school was being reasonable. the school didn't say all american flags, they said these two p students that were wearing -- martha: if they think these two students are a problem, then they should bring them in and say, look, if there is any violence on this day, you guys

are all going to be in a lot of trouble, or they need to do what so many schools do these todays when they think there's going to be a problem, they need to cancel the whole event. deborah, what do you think? >> i'm 100% in agreement with you. of course, the court cannot examine the school's motivations for having this event, and they say so in their opinion. but i think we're at an amazing point in history when constitutional protections which used to be used to protect the minority are now being used to argue for the rights of students wearing american flag t-shirts and, in fact, the court is finding that those protections don't protect these students. martha: yeah. i mean, alex, why would the american flag be in your face, as you put it -- >> yeah. martha: -- and the mexican flags not be many your face? >> i think it totally depends on the situation that happened at that school. one of the students has had been an altercation the year before. the parents were so worried, they kept him home the next today. there certainly was things going

on at the school. anybody that knows that's been to high school knows there are cliques -- martha: of course there are, but the school needs to make better judgments in this situation. today these to cancel the day or allow everyone to wear their t-shirts and say if you step out of line, you're going to be suspended. thank you so much for weighing in, alex and deborah, good to have you both. bill: "happening now" rolling your way in 12 minutes, how are you, jon? what are you cooking up? jon: i am doing well, bull, it is friday for most of us. time magazine reporting president obama considered scrapping healthcare.gov altogether in the weeks immediately of after its launch, it was that glitch-ridden. more on this developing story and the impact on the 2014 elections. plus, dramatic developments in ukraine. and as many as 100 of america's first responder toss that earthquake and tsunami in japan say they are sick.

why? we'll get into it, "happening now." bill: see you then, jon. enjoy the weekend. nfl refs get to penalize foul language? the new rule where the players would be penalized 15 yards for their mouth? martha: a lot of rules. bill: how do you enforce that? martha: too many rules. ♪ ♪

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martha: well, gaggle's mystery barge wil soon be on the move, we are learning. it is complying with an order to leave san francisco by march the 7th because it doesn't have the proper building permits. its new home is going to be 80 miles east in stock taan, it's

an interact technology center, n the east coast. lots of mystery was surrounding what was going on inside that barge. it's moving on. bill: nfl refs adding a new line to their resumé, how about word police? the league is considering a new 15-yard penalty for using slurs on the field, giving refs the job of policing players and their language. what do you think about this? a political and entertainment columnist with me now in studio. how you doing? >> living the dream, how are you? bill: can they do this? is this possible? >> to actually enforce this kind of law, rule, pen few would be impossible -- penalty would be impossible. think about this for a moment. let's say it's the 49ers at the seahawks, a sunday night game. the decibel levels within centurylink field reaches 146. so let's say a player's going to tackle a guy and he gets chop blocked and he thinks that was

an intentional act to take out his knees and he says you n-word or you f-word, right? and the ref turns around, he's looking at the ball, and he heard something, he has to enforce something because some people are micked, so he throws a flag. turns out it was another player that was responsible for it. that player will then be deemed a race cyst or -- racist or homophobe. and if you don't get the call right, what did jan brewer say? this will create more problems than it purports to solve. bill: i think you raise a great point. i don't know if they can do this. mike prayer rah who works for fox, he's like the uberofficial of the league, he says you could not necessarily make a rule change, but you could intimate that they're keeping an eye on this. is that something that would -- >> i think it's an effort to change the culture. it's like pulling over somebody and saying i'm going to give you a warning, i'm not going to give you a ticket. a way of doing that without consequences. we'll propose the rule, we won't pass it, but we've got an eye on

you, and if you start to drop n-words or f-words, and this is all because of jonathan martin down in miami and michael sam who will be the first gay player -- bill: that's the on why this is happening? >> oh, yes, absolutely. they're trying to get ahead of it. bill: don't look at the nfl, look at golf. have you heard how much the microphones pick up on a golf course these days? klamath knews, between bay challengers, said this: the unique thing about the nfl locker room is that every player can attest to that we don't see race, religion or sexual orientation, we see simply can you help us win ball games, produce on the field? that's why you can have a multitude of people who are black, white, poll nice, gay, whatever it may be and come together to lay for a common goal. >> us it end? -- where does it end? i'm a bears fan, so it hurts me to say -- [laughter]

do you get a 5-yard penalty for an italian slur? where do we draw the line in terms of, you said it, word police in enforcing this kind of rule, you know? if you call me an irish drunk, i consider that a compliment. [laughter] bill: not at 11 a.m. you don't. >> well, you know, it's 5:00 somewhere, right? but in the african-american community if the n-word is used with another african-american, that is soon as almost complimentary, a term of endearment. so what if it's being said -- i just think you're opening up a pandora's box that will be um possible to -- impossible to regulate. bill: you make an excellent point. gotta run. martha, what's next? martha: well, the disastrous rollout of the obamacare web site, all sides have admitted to that. a problem looking like it was beyond repair, a stunning house was considering doingork about it when we come right back. our clients need a lot of attention.

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